Growth despite lack of market impetus
The Lenze Group has announced its figures for the 2015/2016 financial year. Despite difficult economic conditions, the company was once again able to increase the previous year's record revenue.
read more...read more...New president appointed
With immediate effect, Jack Lee has taken over as President of Red Lion Controls, the US specialist for communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation. He succeeds Mike Granby.
read more...The best robot experiments
The EU project 'Echord++' promotes cutting-edge research in robotics. With the launch of 'Echord' in 2009 and its successor 'Echord++' in 2013, over 50 robots have since made it to market maturity. We show the best in a picture gallery.
read more...Robot production in Europe in the future
Based on the growth of the global robot market, Yaskawa intends to expand its production capacities and open another robot factory in Europe in addition to the existing production facilities in Japan and China.
read more...RoboCup 2017 season opens
The robotics competition 'RoboCup' has entered a new round. Registration for the German preliminary round - the 'RoboCup German Open' - has been open since mid-October. Those who qualify for the RoboCup Junior Final will compete at the RoboCup World Championship 2017 in Japan.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
Service robots on the verge of a "historic breakthrough"
Service robots for professional applications recorded a significant increase in sales and sales value in 2015. However, the development of service robotics is also rosy in the private sector. Current figures and forecasts from the robotics association IFR show this.
read more...System integrator Maverick changes hands
The US company Rockwell Automation has acquired the system integrator Maverick Technologies, thereby strengthening its expertise in process and batch applications.
read more...Clamping and gripping technology
MRK requires new gripper concepts
The collaboration between humans and robots in Industry 4.0 not only requires new, adapted robot kinematics. Gripper manufacturers are also faced with the challenge of adapting their concepts to the collaborative approach.
read more...Jürgen von Hollen is the new President
Jürgen von Hollen is the new President of Universal Robots, a Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots. The company has been part of Teradyne, a provider of automated test equipment headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, since 2015.
read more...ABB repositions itself
The ABB Group has launched the third stage of its Next Level strategy. This goes hand in hand with a realignment of the divisions as four entrepreneurial units and a consolidation of the existing ABB brands.
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